diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index dd0330e7d..f8dd780c4 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.34 -
 ===================================
+  Fix 'pvs -a' to detect VGs of PVs without metadata areas.
   Divide up internal orphan volume group by format type.
   Update usage message for clvmd.
   Fix clvmd man page printing <br>, clarified debug options.
diff --git a/tools/toollib.c b/tools/toollib.c
index 04714577a..d9544d46c 100644
--- a/tools/toollib.c
+++ b/tools/toollib.c
@@ -648,6 +648,11 @@ static int _process_all_devs(struct cmd_context *cmd, void *handle,
 	int ret_max = 0;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (!scan_vgs_for_pvs(cmd)) {
+		stack;
+		return ECMD_FAILED;
+	}
+
 	if (!(iter = dev_iter_create(cmd->filter, 1))) {
 		log_error("dev_iter creation failed");
 		return ECMD_FAILED;